Interactive Diversity Program

Interactive Diversity Program

Todd Logan’s nationally acclaimed play, DEFAMATION is a riveting courtroom drama that explores the highly charged issues of race, religion, gender, class and the law with a twist: your audience is the jury.

More than a play, THE DEFAMATION EXPERIENCE is a unique opportunity for your community to engage in civil discourse about the most pressing social issues of our day.

Conversations started in your venue will last for days, weeks and months.

“A brilliant, shifting jigsaw puzzle of a courtroom drama. Todd Logan’s Defamation holds the audience’s own prejudices and assumptions under a powerful lens, and does not let us go except by way of an unsettling self-examination. No one escapes the jury’s deliberations unchanged.”

Rabbi Debra Kassoff, Jackson, Ms.

The John Seigenthaler Center for First Amendment Studies at Vanderbilt University photo by James Yates

The verdict is decided during audience deliberations. photo by James Yates

Audience members challenge each other in deliberations. photo by James Yates

The John Seigenthaler Center for First Amendment Studies at Vanderbilt University photo by James Yates

The John Seigenthaler Center for First Amendment Studies at Vanderbilt University photo by James Yates

Specialist for Educational Programming, Diversity Advocacy, Dean of Students Office, Illinois State University

“THE DEFAMATION EXPERIENCE is a powerful interactive performance, addressing some of the most critical issues of our time. People talked about this show for weeks.”

Steven Golden

Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

“The insightful approach to exploring the topics of race, class, gender, privilege and bias through the lens of DEFAMATION was energizing and refreshing. The skill of the immensely talented cast was on full display as they led Indiana University Southeast students and faculty on a journey to examine and navigate perspectives about such critical social issues. The discussion and interaction between the actors and audience following the play was among the most engaging and robust I have observed in my career.”